The Beautiful Struggle: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beautiful Struggle runs 6.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jd Jackson (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 6.4 hours, it is shorter than 71% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jd Jackson
Jd Jackson narrates 175 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,599 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
1,658 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2021 recording read by Hayden Mclean runs 3 hours shorter (3.3 hours).
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Beautiful Struggle is an audiobook by Ta-Nehisi Coates: a 6.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Jd Jackson, released November 14, 2008, on the Memoirs shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jd Jackson
- Released
- November 14, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs
- ISBN
- 9781436185349
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Beautiful Struggle as an audiobook?
The Beautiful Struggle runs 6.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.
Is The Beautiful Struggle free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Beautiful Struggle?
The Beautiful Struggle is narrated by Jd Jackson.